Gordian Unlinks
Geometric Topology
2025-02-13 v1
Abstract
This paper gives the first examples of gordian unlinks. The components of these unlinks cannot be separated while maintaining constant length and thickness. We construct infinite families of 2-component gordian unlinks and also construct -component gordian unlinks for each .
Cite
@article{arxiv.2502.08499,
title = {Gordian Unlinks},
author = {José Ayala and Joel Hass},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2502.08499},
year = {2025}
}